Wartwort \Wart"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A name given to several plants because they were thought to be a cure for warts, as a kind of spurge ({Euphorbia Helioscopia}), and the nipplewort ({Lampsana communis}).
wartwort n : not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun [syn: {sun spurge}, {wartweed}, {devil's milk}, {Euphorbia helioscopia}]